{"id":916244,"date":"2026-10-01T06:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T06:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/916244\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T06:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T06:22:09","slug":"ducks-announce-several-roster-moves-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/916244\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducks Announce Several Roster Moves \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

In advance of Friday\u2019s season opener, the Ducks announced<\/a> numerous roster moves today.\u00a0 The team placed defenseman Drew Helleson<\/a> on injured reserve and put winger Troy Terry<\/a> on long-term injured reserve.\u00a0 They also assigned centers Roger McQueen<\/a> and Cruz Lucius<\/a> to AHL San Diego.\u00a0 With the freed-up roster spots, Anaheim then recalled defensemen Tristan Luneau<\/a>, Travis Mitchell<\/a>, and Noah Warren<\/a> from the Gulls.<\/p>\n

The Ducks were hoping that Helleson would be recovered from his lower-body injury in time for the season opener although this placement ends that hope.\u00a0 Meanwhile, Terry\u2019s placement should come as no surprise as he\u2019s recovering from hip surgery that will keep him out for another two to three months.\u00a0 As this is not a season-ending placement, Anaheim\u2019s LTIR pool only increases by $3,973,228, not his full $7MM AAV.<\/p>\n

McQueen and Lucius made the opening roster but will have to wait at least a little while longer to make their NHL debuts.\u00a0 Their presence on the roster was set to maximize their LTIR flexibility once Terry was moved to LTIR and now that they\u2019ve done so, the prospects can go back to San Diego.\u00a0 McQueen, a 2025 first-round pick, had three points in seven games down the stretch with the Gulls after turning pro while Lucius had 46 points in 36 games with ASU last season and will be in his freshman professional campaign in 2026-27.<\/p>\n

As for the recalls, Mitchell had the most NHL experience last season, getting into nine games with the Islanders.\u00a0 He signed a one-year, two-way deal with Anaheim as a Group Six unrestricted free agent this summer as these were the 26-year-old\u2019s only NHL contests.\u00a0 Mitchell, who cleared waivers back on Sunday, had 17 points in 58 games with AHL Bridgeport last season.<\/p>\n

Luneau, meanwhile, has briefly seen action with Anaheim in each of his first three professional seasons, though his overall NHL experience is minimal, just 14 games overall.\u00a0 Only one of those came last season, however, though he scored his second career NHL goal in that appearance.\u00a0 The 22-year-old saw his production with the Gulls dip last season, though he still managed 10 goals and 31 assists in 70 games.<\/p>\n

As for Warren, he\u2019s entering his third professional campaign and this is his first career recall.\u00a0 The 22-year-old was a 2022 second-round pick and had a dozen points in 61 outings with San Diego last season.\u00a0 As things stand, two of the three blueliners will be suiting up on Thursday night so Warren should have a good chance at making his NHL debut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In advance of Friday\u2019s season opener, the Ducks announced numerous roster moves today.\u00a0 The team placed defenseman Drew…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":916245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[6066,766,49,48,297711,14106,315938,315939,82,4584,88197,301097,150197],"class_list":["post-916244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ahl","tag-anaheim-ducks","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cruz-lucius","tag-drew-helleson","tag-noah-warren","tag-roger-mcqueen","tag-sports","tag-transactions","tag-travis-mitchell","tag-tristan-luneau","tag-troy-terry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=916244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/916245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=916244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=916244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}